Links for all Madhwa Recipes. These food items will have no onion and garlic. And these items and recipes can be prepared and offered to the Lord on any festival, shradha and paksha. There are certain items which are not prepared for festivals, and these will be sorted soon and posted in a different section.

Take a look here to know the order of how food items need to be served on Banana Leaf.

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During my last visit to Bengaluru,in one of the Rayaru Matha I visited, I ate some lemon peel chutney, It was so delicious that I still remember it longingly. The person who made it was not open to share the recipe so I let it go.

I have searched the net but could not find a recipe which seemed right. Do any of you have the recipe for lemon skin chutney or any thoughts on how I can make it? Sure would appreciate if you share it.

I made the Celery Chutney today. The taste came out really good but the color became brown. Could be because of tamarind. I see in the photo you have given that the color is green. Any idea where I went wrong? Thanks.

Madam, I am staying in Faridabad, since, the food is very difficult, I started preparing myself and while going through recipes, it was wonderful and interesting. meanwhile, would like to know is it ready masala prepared by Madhwas will be available for preparing Huli, Majjige Hule, Vangibath, Chitranna etc., since, I am staying alone here, kindly help me in this regard.

Thanks a mil for the great recipes and helpful posts. Some of the recipe links are off – broken wheat payasam is taking to bhajare hanumantam lyrics. You might want to check /correct whenever you get a chance.

Hi Meera, Lovely blog….I was searching for lyrics for Mahishasura Mardini stotram on google and came across your blog. It has lot of information that is really useful. The recipes section is also too good. Lovely recipes. Thanks much for your time and patience!!

Hi, there is another typical Madhwa side dish called “Bartha” / “Bharatha” . It is very spicy, probably made with ginger and chillies and it is transparent to view. Can you please suggest me the recipe (along with ingredients) for the same.

hello this is anand i follow your recipes and tried them and they turned out cool too, and i prepare your sambar, rasam powder regualarly for my friends and family too and i was wondering why kodebale is missing(blacked out ) above in your list .

Hello Meera , I am so glad to have chanced upon your blog. I am a blogger myself and I am a Madhwa brought up in Dharwad. Since moving to Chennai 25 years ago , have forgotten some of the recipes. Your blog took me back to my childhood and college days when I enjoyed my grandmother’s cooking. Thanks a ton. However , I am looking for our Kattina Saaru recipe. How do I get it from you ?

Don’t mean to split hairs. But ‘hotte baaka’ , as I have seen, is used in a situational sense, for example, he ate so much during the marriage lunch like a ‘hotte baaka’. thindi potha seems a quality ingrained in the individual. My 2 cents….

Dear Anand, thank u for the msg. I agree that ‘ hotte baaka’ is not the same as ‘ sapattu raman’. Hotte baka is one who overeats. probably the english equivalent of sapattu raman is ‘foodie’ . as per wikepedia , “A foodie is a gourmet, or a person who has an ardent or refined interest in food and alcoholic beverages.[1] A foodie seeks new food experiences as a hobby rather than simply eating out of convenience or hunger.’,

Namaskara! Thank you very much for this awesome blog! It is like an oasis in a desert 🙂
We are Madhwa brahmins from Bengaluru, living in Dallas TX for several years now. I would love to know the traditional sweets and snacks (Bhaksha) prepared during Upanayana ceremony , especially for the Mathubhojana. We are performing my son’s thread ceremony soon and would love to hear back from you soon.

Also, if you could post a recipe for traditional Tengulu and Mucchore, that would be great!

Thanks, Malini. It has been ages since I attended any Upanayana. The last one I attended was my Elder Brothers. However, the sweets which are prepared are items like Boondi Laadu, Mysore Pak, Jalebi, Chiroti.

dear madam, i have visited this blog several times. but this is the first time I am exploring this particular section for madhwa-recipes. great job. being a ‘saapattu raman’ ( I don’t think that there is a kannada equivalent for this word ) I like this page very much. one thing that springs to my mind whenever there is a madhwa marriage is ‘ majjige palidya’. please do post the recipe for ‘majjige palidya’ if you know the same . Sarveswara

Dear Ravi, thank u very much for your response. I was not aware of this usage. I thought ‘ koochu bhatta’ is a bookworm who always keeps reading books . that is why kannada proverb ‘ ಓದಿ ಓದಿ ಮರುಳಾದ ಕೂಚು ಭಟ್ಟ ‘.

Hello Meera-avre,
By the grace of Shri Raghavendra Tirtharu, we now have a Rayara matta in San Jose, CA (CA Bay Area). The website is http://skvtemple.org/default.aspx
Please do visit our matta when you are in the area.

Sorry, that is not a ‘rayara mutt’ . Rayara mutt means it should have Raghavendra Swamigala brundavana consecrated properly with ‘ mrutthika’ obtained from Moola Brundavana in Mantralaya. The San Jose mutt is a branch of Sri Puttige Mutt.
Just stating facts. Sri Sugunendra Swamiji of Puttige Mutt is doing yeoman service to the cause of spreading Madhwa philosophy and traditions overseas.

@ Anand: Yes this is run by priests who are affiliated to Sri Puttige Mutt. There is a brundavana already, but they have recently obtained Mrutthika from the Moola Brundavana and there are plans to consecrate a proper Brundavana soon.

Namasthe Meera,
I am in Houston for a short Business Trip, incidentally I found this site. Happy to know that you are devotee of Shri Raghavendra Tirtharu.. Do you have any Raghavendra Swamy temple (or for that matter any temple ) in Houston/ tx?

Vinaya Sharma here saw you blog and its aswome and you are doing a great job keep it going on, even i am Madhva and married to Smathat 🙂 from Dharwad based here in Bangalore, do add me if have profile over facebook.